On April 23, 2024, under the guidance of Jiangsu Provincial Development and Reform Commission, Jiangsu Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology, sponsored by Metallurgical Industry Planning and Research Institute, Jiangsu Energy Storage Industry Association, and hosted by Jiangsu Kunlun Interconnection New Energy Group Co., LTD. (hereinafter referred to as "Kunlun New Energy"), the "New Energy Forum for Energy Transformation of the Steel Industry" was successfully held. This forum is one of the sub-forums of the "CESC 2024 Second China International Energy Storage Conference".

During the "Smart Energy Storage Technology and Application Exhibition" held during the conference, Xiao Bangguo, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Vice President (acting) of the Metallurgical Industry Planning Research Institute, and Zhou Lingxia, Executive President of Kunlun Internet and General Manager of Nanjing Kunlun Energy Storage Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Kunlun Energy Storage"), attended the opening ceremony as guests of honor and started the exhibition together with other leaders.Zhang Xing, Deputy Director of the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology, delivered an opening speech, congratulating the successful holding of the forum and thanking all colleagues who care about and support the development of the steel industry in Jiangsu Province. He stated that Jiangsu Province is a major steel province in China and a strong province in special steel. In recent years, the province has systematically constructed a "1650" industrial system, continuously promoting the adjustment of the steel industry structure and transformation, accelerating the cultivation and development of the advanced metal material industry chain with special steel as the core, and the industry's profit rate is at the forefront of the country. Faced with current challenges, the steel industry should meet market demand and structural upgrading trends, and vigorously promote high-end, intelligent, and green development.Zhang Xing pointed out that new energy storage is increasingly becoming a key technology in the construction of China's new power system, and energy storage is also one of the key industrial chains in Jiangsu Province's "1650" industrial system. It is an important direction for cultivating emerging industries and an important means to promote the green and low-carbon transformation of energy production and consumption. The convening of this forum is a specific action to deepen the implementation of the national strategy and accelerate the energy revolution in the steel industry. Next, the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology will strongly support new energy storage companies and steel companies to carry out in-depth integration, technological innovation, and application practice, carry out key core technology research and development in key areas, and continue to increase support for green and low-carbon energy storage demonstration projects in steel companies. Accelerate the formation of a batch of energy storage technology products and solutions with independent intellectual property rights and international competitiveness, and promote the optimization of the energy structure, improvement of energy efficiency, and recycling of resources in the steel industry across the province, striving to be at the forefront and set an example in the new round of energy revolution in the national steel industry.Xiao Bangguo, on behalf of the Metallurgical Planning Institute, expressed a sincere welcome to the leaders and guests present and thanked the Jiangsu Energy Storage Association for co-sponsoring and Kunlun Internet for hosting and supporting the forum. He pointed out that the energy storage system, as the key to energy storage and conversion, has become the core link in the construction of China's new energy system. The steel industry, as an important basic industry of the national economy, is also a key entity in practicing the new concept of "double carbon" development, constructing a new energy system, and promoting the green and low-carbon transformation of energy. At present, the steel industry is continuously promoting ultimate energy efficiency and energy transformation, facing issues of energy safety, coordination, and economy brought by the application of new energy.Xiao Bangguo analyzed that the application scenarios of energy storage in the steel industry are becoming increasingly rich, and it is necessary to actively embrace and integrate into the new energy system, promote green and low-carbon transformation, and reconstruct the process system and energy system. It is necessary to increase the proportion of green energy production and consumption in the steel industry, achieve the coupling development of the energy industry and the steel industry, and achieve coordinated carbon reduction. In recent years, the Metallurgical Planning Institute has actively promoted the low-carbon development and energy transformation of the steel industry, leading the C+4E low-carbon development theory and the concept of combining multi-energy and energy storage. In the future, the Metallurgical Planning Institute will continue to promote the progress of the industry as its mission, continue to work hard around photovoltaics, wind energy, hydrogen energy, energy storage, electrification, green microgrids, and other fields to create a series of conferences, and work together with industry colleagues and ecological partners to help the steel industry in China achieve green and low-carbon high-quality development.Wang Zhizhong, the Honorary President of the Jiangsu Energy Storage Industry Association and the former Deputy Secretary-General of the Provincial Government, said in his speech that the theme of this forum is "the application and practice of new energy storage technology in the steel industry," which is a key issue concerning whether China's steel industry can successfully achieve energy transformation and green development, and it is also an important mission to jointly address global climate change and promote sustainable economic and social development. New energy storage, as a strategic emerging industry, has a promising future.Around the theme of the forum, President Wang Zhizhong pointed out that it is necessary to focus on promoting "three couplings": first, promoting the coupling of green electricity + energy storage new energy structure; second, promoting the coupling of steel + energy storage industry chain innovation chain; third, strengthening the coupling of technology + policy system mechanism innovation ecology. He emphasized that energy transformation is not a one-day effort and cannot be achieved overnight. It requires determination, patience, wisdom, and action. He hopes that this forum will fully play its role as a platform for exchanging ideas, sharing experiences, and exploring cooperation. On the one hand, it provides an opportunity for research institutes, universities, equipment manufacturers, steel companies, and other parties to deeply discuss key issues such as the application scenarios, business models, and policy needs of new energy storage technology in the steel industry, to form a consensus and point out the direction. On the other hand, it encourages in-depth cooperation across industries, promotes the rapid transformation and large-scale application of technological innovation results, jointly breaks through industry bottlenecks, and accelerates the pace of green transformation in the steel industry. At the same time, he hopes that everyone will take this forum as an opportunity to work together and witness and promote the steel industry to open a new chapter in energy transformation with new energy storage technology.Zhou Lingxia, Executive President of Kunlun Internet and General Manager of Kunlun Energy Storage, pointed out that under the "double carbon" goal, China's new energy industry has ushered in unprecedented development opportunities. Energy storage technology, as the "stabilizer" of the new energy system, plays an important role in improving the safety, flexibility, and adjustability of the energy system. The deployment of energy storage technology is not only an important way for steel companies to respond to national environmental policies and optimize the energy structure but also an inevitable choice for enterprises to enhance their competitiveness and achieve sustainable development. It is necessary to gradually strengthen the application and consumption of new energy with the support of the energy storage system, build a new low-carbon multi-energy complementary energy system and energy storage system that fits its own characteristics, maximize energy economic matching, promote more new energy + energy storage field innovation results transformation and application, and help steel companies achieve green and low-carbon high-quality development.She said that since its establishment, Kunlun Energy Storage has been committed to applying advanced energy storage technology to energy-saving, emission reduction, and cost reduction in the steel industry. Adhering to the concept of "reduce energy use, optimize energy saving, increase energy storage, and supplement green energy," it has successfully created the Kunlun Energy Internet (INECO platform), which integrates remote operation and maintenance, energy efficiency control, safety control, and health management through the in-depth integration of digital technology, power electronics technology, energy technology, and energy storage technology. In the future, Kunlun Energy Storage will work together with all parties to explore and promote the more important role of new energy storage technology in the energy transformation of the steel industry.Huang Libin, former director of the Energy Conservation and Comprehensive Utilization Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, conducted an in-depth analysis and policy interpretation on promoting the green and low-carbon transformation of industry from a macro level.He pointed out that comprehensively promoting the green and low-carbon transformation of industry is an urgent need to ensure national energy resource supply security, support the realization of the "double carbon" goal by the whole society, forge new advantages in green competition in the industry, and meet the people's desire for a beautiful ecological environment. We should deeply understand and grasp the significance of the green and low-carbon transformation of industry. Under the guidance of national policies, in recent years, the green and low-carbon transformation of China's industry has been orderly promoted, and the results are obvious. Energy resource utilization efficiency continues to improve, green industrial capacity has significantly increased, the level of digitalization and green integration has continuously improved, and the construction of green manufacturing and service systems has been accelerated. Next, to implement the national carbon peak and carbon neutrality "1+N" policy system, the industrial and information technology field will follow the overall deployment of "focusing on one action, building two systems, and promoting six transformations," adhere to actively and steadily, and plan to promote the implementation of the industrial field carbon peak action in a planned and step-by-step manner; adhere to both hands, accelerate the construction of a green and low-carbon technology system and a green manufacturing support system; find the direction and focus, and accelerate the transformation of industrial structure to high-end, energy consumption to low-carbon, resource utilization to informatization, production process to cleanness, product supply to greenness, and digitalization and greenization to coordinate transformation, and coordinate to promote the stable growth of the industrial economy and green and low-carbon transformation.During the forum, Jiangsu Province's Industrial and Information Technology Department's Material Industry Division Director Chen Shanshan and Researcher Lin Lefu attended the forum.Representatives from many steel companies such as China Baowu, CITIC Taifeng Special Steel Group, Panzhihua Iron and Steel Group, Zhongtian Group, Yonggang Group, Jingye Group, Shagang Group, Shandong Steel Group, Nanjing Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., Quzhou Yuanli, as well as energy storage field technology suppliers, scientific research institutes, and authoritative media attended the forum, with nearly 200 guests present.